Package-tie.



M. GROSS "& F. P. FRBBAULT. PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18, 1908.

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cord from becoming detached from MAURICE GROSS AND FRANCIS I. FREBAULT, OF JACKSONVILLE, OHIO.

PACKAGE-TIE.

To all 'tUltOl/t it may conccm:

Be it known that we, hlACRLGE Guess and Farmers l. FREBAUL'P, citizens of the United States, residing at Jacksonville, in the county oi Athens and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful improvements in Packagelies, of which the l'ollowing is a specilication.

This invention relates to a bundle or package tie of that typoconsisting of a fastener attached to one end of a cord or other lexible element. and. so designed that the other or free end of the cord can be securely fastened without t ying a knot therein and without returning the cord to be cut when it. is desired to open the bundle.

the invention has for one oi its objects to improve and simplify the construction of devices oi this character so as to be comparatively simple and inexpensive to inanut'aeture, readily manipulated, and especially designed for tying bundles of letters or other mail matter and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide a package tie' having a metal piece attached to one end or the cord, the said piece being; designed to permit the cord to be tastened both lengthwise and crosswise of the bundle or only cri'isswise, as occasion may retpiire.

With these objects in view and others, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of )arts which will be more fully described hereinafter and-set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

in the acconuganying'drawing, which illustrates'eertain embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of a bundle of letters or the like showing the improved tie applied thereto. Figs. 3 and Sore sections of the metal piece on lines '.2-'.! and 3--3, respecti\'ol l*i; -l is a plan view of a bundle showing; a modilied form oi tie. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5--5, Fig. 4.

Similar rclerencocharacters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

llel'erring to the drawing, and more articularly to Fig. l, l designates a oort or other llexible element which has one end tied into a knot to form a'stop to prevent the the metal the said piece iiece or bodv l of the device 1 Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 18, 1908.

notch 10 and then Patented Dec. 1908.

Serial No. 421,877.

having a depression 3 for accommodating the knot, and the said depression has an aperture t through which the cord )asses. The body 2 is provided with para lol fingers?) that are spaced apart to form recesses 6 into whiclrthe cord can be engaged, the extreini ties of the lingers being alternately bent in opposite directions so as to permit of the free insertion oi the cord in the recesses G. The corner of the plate of the body 3 diametrically opposite from the knot-receiving depression 3 is bent upwardly to form a lug 7 that has an aperture 5% through which the cord 1 passes directly from the aperture l. The body piece is provided with a slot extending inwardly from the or go op )osito from that having the lingers 5 and inciined downwardly, and the bottom edge of the body is termed with a \l-shaped notch 10 which t0l minates adjacent the inner end oi the slot 9 so as to receive the free end oi the cord.

The tie 2 shown in Fig.5. 1 is designed more especially for fastening the cord that passes only one way around the bundle. The tie is applied to the bundle at the top thereol" and the cord passed around the bundle immediately lrom the lug T and the tree end oi the cord is engaged in the slots t3, thence continned across the tie and, over ot the cord hetwecn the apertures 'land 8, and the free end is then engaged in the slot 9 and finally in the notch 10. To release the tie, it is merely necessary to take hold of the tree end thereol and disengage it from the from the recesses i) and 6 respectively. The body 2 has an aperture 11 whereby the tie can he peg when not in use.

The tie shown in Fig. 4 is so designed as to permit the cord tohe tied around the bundle both lengthwise and crosswise thcreot or in one direction around the same. The tie is substantially similar tothat shown in Fig. i, excrpt that it is provided with a hook ll prclerably stamped out therefrom at a point adjacent the inner end oi' the topmost horror 5 and is provided with an aperture 11; ndju cent the knot-receiving depression '3 and one of the lingers 5 is wider than the others and has an opening 14 whereby the tie can be hung-up on a nail when not in use. The cord 1. is secured to the tie by the knotted end being retained in the de ression 2 and the cord is threaded through tgie opening 13 directly the extremity hung up on a nail or applying the device to a package, the cord is passed around the package in one direction and engaged under the hook l2 and. then passed around the package in a plane at right angles to the first wind of the cord arid the free end of the cord is secured tov the tie inthe same manner described in connection with Fig. 1. for permitting the cord to he Wound longitudinally and transversely around the package,

the cord is unthreaded from the opening 13 and threaded through the opening 8 in the lug 7 so-that the tie can he used in the manner described in relation to Fig. 1.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of the -rnethod of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while We have described the princi l vention, toget' 3 W11 r the device Which We now consider he '4 the best embodiment thereof, We desire to have it understood that is device shown is merely illustrative, and e changes rnav be made when desired in the scope of the claims.

in case the bundle is too large .e of operation of the in- Having thus described the invention, What We claim 18 having a knot-receiving depression, a plurality of cord-engaging fingers, a lug extending outwardly from. the plane of the body piece and provided With an aperture for receiving the cord, and a finger provided with a notch for receiving the extremity of the cord.

2. A package tie comprising a metal plate having-a cord-receiving aperture and a depression at the aperture for receiving a knot in the cord, spaced fingers projecting from one edge of the plate, an apertured lug at one cornor of the plate, a notched finger on the plate and. 'c'oeperating with one edge thereof to form a cord-receiving recess, and hook ristioned fingers.

In testimony whereof We athx our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

MAURICE GROSS. FEAR CIS P. FiriEBAl/lfl.

Witnesses FRANK TRIMMER,

FRED KEMPTON.

1. A package tie comprising a body piece ing from the plate adjacent the first-lnen- 

